With regard to the current manipulated ‘hot news’ related to the article on IITs which appeared on ORGANISER, Dr Manmohan Vaidya Akhil Bharateeya Prachar Pramukh of the RSS had narrated his experience. Many journalists as the part of their 'investigative endeavour' had contacted Dr Vaidya and asked about Sangh stand regarding the issue. He mildly asked some of the journalists whether they had independently enquired about the issues referred to in the article. Surprisingly none of them had and they truthfully admitted to this. One of the journalists, perhaps more devoted to the profession than the others, made certain enquiries of his own and called back to admit that there was nothing wrong or ‘controversial ’ in the write up.
Besides, the RSS had time and again clarified that the ORGANISER was an independent entity run by an independent trust. The opinion of the organisation would be exclusively expressed in the resolutions passed by Akhila Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, Karyakari Mandal and voiced by the Parampoojaneeya Sarsanghachalak, the Sarkaryavah or the Akhil Bharateeya Prachar Pramukh. Sadly such minor details are not considered by our journalists in their eternal quest for ‘ hot news ‘.
The other point conveniently overlooked is that the above said article itself was not the opinion of the ORGANISER as expressed in its editorial. The news item being blow up was an article by a guest faculty member of the IIT and the IIM which the ORGANISER chose to publish. Surely such a person has the right and information to pen an article about an institution with which he was associated ? Surely the ORGANISER has the right to publish the same ? Or would that been too politically incorrect?
- J Nand Kumar ji
